We also have information on January 15th Hotfixes, featuring Protection Paladin nerfs, as well as Garrison Campaign clarifications. Catch up on the campaign questlines and rewards with our guide.

Also check out post from earlier today on 6.1 Garrison developments, including follower/mission UI improvements on the PTR, and some additional Garrison improvements we added to Wowhead like mission success chance!

Bashiok

We’ve always had this kind of weird limitation where if you’ve never played WoW we let you play as much as you want, albeit in a very restricted Starter Edition account. However, if you have ever had a subscription--but don’t currently have one--we don’t even let you log in. In 6.1 we’ll effectively revert lapsed accounts into a Starter Edition “mode”, with all of the same restrictions. The one difference being that your sub-level 20 characters will be able to join a guild if any of your other characters are still in that guild.

The label for this mode internally is “Veteran”, and those are the strings that were datamined, but it’s unlikely to be a term we use to any great degree externally. It will simply be the default state for accounts that don’t currently have an active subscription.

Garrison Campaign Clarifications

Crithto

I seem to have bugged out my very first garrison campaign. As far as I can tell, I got to the "These look familiar" quest, then went off to do other stuff and forgot about it. At some later time, I abandoned the quest along with several other quests, not realizing what it was. And Jr. Surveyor Dorn does not appear to exist any more to allow me to pick it up again.

If you never completed this quest, Jr. Surveyor Dorn should still have it just outside your Garrison gates by the outhouses. If you did complete it and quickly picked up the next quest in the cave, you can zip back up to northern Gorgrond and speak to Hansel Heavyhands.

Is this why all my buildings are still lvl 1 ive done tones of quest out in the world an i havnt found one thing to upgrade my buildings yet lol Oh an i just got to 96 if that means anything quested Tones an not able to find upgrade items at all

You can check to see what is needed to upgrade Garrison buildings via the drafting table UI inside your Town Hall. =)

What about a lvl 100 with a lvl 3 garry, that has received NO QUESTS at all for the ~8 weeks of being 100?

The simple requirements to begin doing campaign quests are level 100 and a tier 2 Garrison so it's likely you started one early on and haven't fully completed it yet. That hotfix is now live so double-check your quest log to see if there is a Campaign quest in there that hasn't been completed. Otherwise, run around your Garrison and see if there is an obscure NPC with a quest available, or scan zone maps to see if you can find a "!" or "?" out in the world.

January 15th Hotfixes

Rygarius

Class

PaladinProtection Reduced the damage of for Protection Paladins by 80%. Protection Paladins should primarily use for defensive value.

Seraphim now grants 750 of each stat for Protection Paladins (down from 1000).

Garrisons, Followers, and Outposts

Garrison Campaign Garrison Campaign quests can now be found in the quest log under the "Garrison Campaign" category.

Bug Fixes

ClassesWarlock Fixed an issue in in which glyphs could cause crowd controlled (cc'd) targets to have Damage Over Time spells (DoTs) removed which would cause stored Soul Swap DoT's to be removed from Warlocks.

Invasions Corrected a bug in which Horde players weren't receiving credit toward the "It's an Invasion!" and "Invasion Specialist" Achievements for completing the introductory invasion quest.

Buildings

Mine: Miners now continue working after midnight instead of taking an unscheduled coffee break.

6.1 PTR Status

Zorbrix

1/15/15 Update:

In-game Character Copy is coming online, so try it out if you'd like to bring over a character to the PTR. You can access this in-game via the Character Selection screen once you've logged onto your PTR account

Garrison information is currently not copied over along with your character due to how it's saved on live retail realms, so if you copy a character right now they won't have a garrison on the PTR. We're working on a way to resolve this, but I don't have an ETA right now.

========================================1/12/15:Hi folks,

Just wanted to share some early information regarding the 6.1 PTR.

Note: this information is subject to change as plans are implemented. I'll update this thread or make a new one as I receive more information.

PTR Accounts and realms are currently locked to Mists of Pandaria. Upgrading the PTR accounts to Warlords is a lengthy process so I don't have an exact ETA, but it's something we're actively working on.

In-game Character Copy is currently offline. The plan is still to use the in-game system as opposed to the old website version (which hasn't been functional since 5.4).

Characters were wiped after the 6.0.3 PTR realms were brought down last month, and cannot be retrieved at this time.

Comments

Comment by Pheribe

Comment by ibechief

nerf to seraphim eh.... Thanks for buffing pallies and then nerfing them. Way to stay consistent.

Comment by cspidermx

on 2015-01-15T15:10:55-06:00

Me and my Prot Pally think... "ouch"

Comment by harpuiablade

on 2015-01-15T15:17:57-06:00

If you look at the Mythic parse damage from Prot Pally's you can see their single target dps was a league above other tanks, I think that justifies it enough.

Comment by nurseferatu

on 2015-01-15T15:21:28-06:00

I'm still waiting for the fix to the bug that fails to award credit for visiting a friend's garrison. Have visited several, participated in invasions, and achieve still has not pinged.

Comment by Phreezin

on 2015-01-15T15:27:35-06:00

I'm still waiting for the fix to the bug that fails to award credit for visiting a friend's garrison. Have visited several, participated in invasions, and achieve still has not pinged.

Nurseferatu,

I had the same problem and after mentioning it in guild chat I was told to visit a friends garrison and go down into their mine, then come back out. As soon as I did what was suggested, it worked. It's not an official fix, but if it gets you your achievement, it's worth the try. Hope it helps!

Comment by MattHett

on 2015-01-15T15:35:31-06:00

It may be because you need to enter it "on foot", I know I visited other garrisons plenty times, but haven't received that achievement until recently, how did that happen?

I was in friend's garrison, roleplaying, until at some point I had to go somewhere and log off, back on WoW 30 minutes later I was no longer in party and spawned at some distance outside the Garrison, I was invited back and simply rode to garrison (instead of changing instances), when I entered Garrison the achievement popped. I don't think it works as intended, but hey, at least this works.

Hope that helped.

Comment by noobking87

on 2015-01-15T15:36:22-06:00

Mine: Miners now continue working after midnight instead of taking an unscheduled coffee break.

But those are union scheduled times! The Bilgewater Goblin Miner Union DEMANDS to have certain hours of staring blankly into the distance.

Comment by ibechief

on 2015-01-15T15:52:06-06:00

If you look at the Mythic parse damage from Prot Pally's you can see their single target dps was a league above other tanks, I think that justifies it enough.

You know... because all prot pallies are in mythic progression. Or even most... oh wait.

Comment by Azyra

on 2015-01-15T15:53:32-06:00

nerf to seraphim eh.... Thanks for buffing pallies and then nerfing them. Way to stay consistent.

Ever heard the word "balancing" before? They buffed the haste thing to make haste a more wanted stat for paladins, they did NOT buff it because paladins needed a buff. They nerfed this because paladins DPS is insanely high for a tank.

Comment by mysticalos

on 2015-01-15T15:55:08-06:00

Mine: Miners now continue working after midnight instead of taking an unscheduled coffee break.

But those are union scheduled times! The Bilgewater Goblin Miner Union DEMANDS to have certain hours of staring blankly into the distance.

Comment by snow529

thanks god, I though dps on dk tank was pathetic enough after the blood boil nerf. welcome to the club prot pally!

Comment by JoranBragi

on 2015-01-15T16:51:03-06:00

Can you please unnerf Holy Paladins? I am being left out of progression raids because I can't AOE heal with everyone else so my percentages are lower.

Comment by voreo

on 2015-01-15T17:11:34-06:00

Im still curious about this veteran thing.

I hope you can at least still access battlenet friends and do stuff with them regardless of gametime or not

Comment by JStryker47

on 2015-01-15T17:42:19-06:00

Don't tell me how to play my paladin, Blizzard! And for $%^&'s sake, STOP WEAKENING US!

Comment by Menardis

on 2015-01-15T17:49:08-06:00

Don't tell me how to play my paladin, Blizzard! And for $%^&'s sake, STOP WEAKENING US!

What's the difference between using Insight because it's better for tanking or using Truth because it did more damage than other tanks so was an obvious choice as well...? You can still use it, you just won't deal as much damage and you lose out on some tank survivability.

Paladins also got buffed in an earlier hotfix this week. Overall, Paladins have still came out this week buffed, but now Prot pallies' damage is more in tune with other tanks.

Nothing to see here folks, move along...

Comment by TharThin

on 2015-01-15T17:59:16-06:00

But.. they wanted every spec to be viable in pvp.. so why nerf seal of truth, prot pallas need dmg in pvp (atleast make the set bonusses damage related instead of what it is now)

being a brick doesnt make good pvp...

Comment by Isaemarod

on 2015-01-15T18:39:09-06:00

can someone clarify what are the veterans account is? that means all my toons are restricted to "veteran account" or a few toons? If is account then, what that means for twinks? 70 can finally do bgs? or 60 twinks? etc etc.thanks

Comment by SoCalWoWGal

on 2015-01-15T18:56:44-06:00

can someone clarify what are the veterans account is? that means all my toons are restricted to "veteran account" or a few toons? If is account then, what that means for twinks? 70 can finally do bgs? or 60 twinks? etc etc.thanks

It means that if you have let your subscription lapse, you will be able to access only those characters that are below level 20. You can create new characters and level them up to 20. All of the starter account restrictions will remain in place, with the exception

that your sub-level 20 characters will be able to join a guild if any of your other characters are still in that guild.